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WHO'S TO ItLADIK?
Senator Bmlcr Delinks Ills Position
in tlio Patronage Fiislit.
'To The State.
Washinton, March 7.?Special?
Senator Irby'a attempt to throw all
the biatuo on Senator Butler for
dragging the factional light in South
Carolina over the State patronage
'matter to Washington, has caused
much comment, and made it neces
r._ o l 11...1 i.. i L:..
?. ?... ;u?ry ier oonaior liuuer 10 explain ma
?4*?'v v. ^ Wlien I saw him today in
TegjilVIVlo the matter, he expressed
surprise at the reports sent forth by
the Tillman men, and said:
"My position in regard to the Fed
ot?\ oflices in South Carolina ought
to have been thoroughly well understood,
as I have made no concealment
of it since Mr Cleveland's election.
I have said and now repeat,
that, a8 far as I had any voice in regard
to them, I did not intend to
proscribe any good Democrat in
South Carolina because of his action
in the last State election, and that
I *vouM not permit any Democrat
to bo proscribed on that account.
I did not wish to transfer to Wash ington
the factional differences in
South Carolina, but to do everything
in my power to unite them. If I
had been met in that spirit by all
imy colleagues, as I am gratified to
say I have been by some of them, we
tshould have bad 110 difficulty in ad justing
the differences which 1111;
.happily exist. But when I discovered
that some members of the dele :gation
proscribed every Democrat
~..u~ ~u 1 ~ .1: ^ 1. 11
wno uuuao iu uuier wiui mem 111
the last election and since, and who
'exercised their own judgment as to
men and measures, 1 determined, as
far as I could, to see justice done to
:all parties. I do not know what
sources of information, Mr. Cleveland
and his cabinet will seek in making
up their minds as to who they will
appoint in South Carolina, but whenever
my opinion is requested I will
advise them frankly. I shall cer
'tainly not discharge a grave public
'duty by lot, as has been suggested,
nor will I enter into any bargains
ito secure anybody's appointment."
Senator llutler further states
that the conference was helu at the
invitation of Senator Irby, and he
gave to the public his own version,
without consulting any one else
present. "If I had known," said he,
"that it was to have been made pub lie,
I would have had a stenographer
present* I regard it as a violation
of every implied agreement."
The war against Senator Butler
has virtually begun, though he has
gone so far as to try and get Irby
appointed to the chairmanship of a
committee. I don't think Irby will
<rot anvthimr.
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Seuator Butler is going back homo
as soon as the executive session is
over. IIo has been assured by Col.
Talbert that he is not going to be in
the Senatorial race, though it would
make little difference.
Both Senator Butler and Con
gressman Hemphill refuse to. say
anything about the probable success
ful officers tor the State.
I heard today, from a thoroughly
reliable source, of an astounding and
Jl very amusing proposition that Lati*
mer made at the patronage conference.
It was that one Tillman man and
one Conservative ho appointed to
eaoh postoffice, allowing them to draw
pay for Ae work and divide it equally.
He made the proposition in all8eriousne8s.
The Tillmanites are making every
applicant for office say whether he
voted for Tillman or not before they
sign petitions.
E. J. W.
NEW YORK TO PARIS BY
RAIL.
Survey for a Route from Vuiicover
to Retiring Strait.
San Francisco, March 5.?John !)
Hutchinson, a member of the party
of engineers who have been makng
a survey for an Alaskan railway
whitll. .18 to bridge Behring Strait
and connect with a Siberian road, is
in San Francisco. lie says that the
enterprise promises success,
"There were eight enginocrs in
our party," said Mr. Hutchinson,
"and we completed the survey from
Vancouver, B. 0., to Cape Prince
of Wales, the point of Alaska nearest
to Asia, on Behring Strait, a distance
of 2,340 miles We reached
that point in the latter part of last
September, and the chief of the par
ty, Robert Faulkner, keeping with
him ono assistant* John Iliggins,
f decided to remain in camp there for
ftherwinter. The rest of the party
reti?a(ed, and, excepting myself, are
now m Vancouver*
"The project of the railway is the
result of a dinner given in November
1890, in new York by Henrv
Glows to some capitalists. The subject
of an all-rail route to Russia
Aneppcned to be brought up, and as
v the diners talked about it they grew
/ I more and more interested. The re-\
suit was that within a few days a
J fund of $20,000 was raised among
. I the guests of the evening for a
.! 1 topographical survey. The engineers
/ were engaged, and wo began work
o
from Vancouver on June 3. 1891. ?
"I think the road is in all respects
feasible. The routo taken through
Alaska and projected beyond into ^
Kussia is substantially the same as
that which was taken years ago in .
surveying the Western Union tele
graph route. Mr. Faulkner's report
has gone on to Mr. Clews and his!1
associate capitalists, and having been *
intimately associate with Faulkner '
during the survey, 1 can say posi '
lively thai his report is favorable,!
If it meets with the approval of Mr. 1
Clews aiul the others work will be- (
gin on the road at Vancouver or In- j
man next August. Faulkner's esti- i
mate of the averago cost of the road
is $23,000 per mile.
<kWe were required to take the
topography only as far as Juneau.
Up to that point we found the route
a comparatively regular one. From
there we proceeded on an air line as
nearly as possible, paralleling the
coast west of Mount Fairweather. .
Comparatively easy grades can he 1
obtained. The worst place we found* '
was in crossing the Alaskan range
at what we called Vincent Pass, lint '
this is not higher than Stampede
Pass on the Northern Pacific.
<k\Ve completed the survey to Cape
Prince of Wales on September 24 '
last, and the next dav began taking '
sounding of Behring Strait. According
to Faulkner's estimate the *
strait at that point is twenty-six and
one half miles wide. But the dis- 1
tunco if cut by eight islands. Across (
all these spaces except two cantilever
bridges can bo constructed. In those '
two nontoons would have to hn used.
for either distance is live times as j
if rent as the longest span in the
Brooklyn Bridge*
"There is no quicksand anywhere, ?
and the bottom of the strait furnishes
a sound and solid foundation for
piers. Nor is there any danger from
icebergs, for all the largo ones are
stranded . forty miles up. In ono 1
place a stone breakwater would have ,
to be built to protect the piers from
the smaller bergs. ;
"Henry Clews & Co, Drexel, Mor- (
gan & Co. and Isaac C. Seibort, a ,
Jewish banker of St. Petersburg and
I.V?gue, are interested in extending
tne road from East Cape, on tin* Si- .
berian shore of Behring Sea, to Sandeluske,
on tiie Great Siberian road,
a distance of 2,275 miles. There
will thus he formed an all-rail route
from Vancouver to Sandeluske of .
4,621 miles, which will enable Atner
icans to travel by rail the way to ,
St. Petersburg and connect there
with all the rest of Europe and Asia.
The road will traverse two great river
valleys and tap great wheat lands. ,
The bnildersexpect to get a big grant '
from Russia, and for that reason do ,
not announce the exact line of the ,
route."
Joseph (lore's Experience Willi
tlic Mormons.
(Star of Columbus.)
To many and beloved friends in .
Columbus county and the Southern
States.?This is to certify to a few (
facts that came under my own oh
servauon ana experiences that my
eyes have seen and my heart has I
felt. The abominablo Mormons
came through our country and he- (
guiled me and my wife by telling us (
black and atrocious lies and fooled
us to that dark and benighted Utah j
where they do not even regard the
Sabbath. I saw them with their ;
guns shooting birds and rabbits, also (
the carpenters working on houses, ,
the black-smiths shoeing horses.
They don't even close the saloons on ,
the Sabbath and they do any kind ,
of work that cornea to hand. I ,
found everything entirely different
from what it was represented to us. ,
It cost me over twenty five dollars ,
more to goon a second class car than ,
it did to come back in a first-class {
car, and I came a longer route, and
when I landed back to vvhiteville de- j
pot I was met by a host of my good ,
friends with a powerful handshak- }
ing, welcoming me bo to my old
home.
After getting home I met Mormons
again in a few days at one of
their stations. A vast number of
my friends met and I told them what 1
the Mormons were and what they J
were doing. I told the Mormons '
faco to face that they were lying. I I
proved them in a lie and will meet
them anywhere. <
I wftj told by a lady in Utah that <
the Methodist people sent hack into
the Southern States to get second- 1
hand clothing for the Mormon cnil- <
droit. I found neon In in Utah fmm
all parts of the world in a suffering i
condition and they told me I was
lucky to bo aide to get back to my
home. Now in conclusion my ad- ;
v'-se to all my friends and the people <
all over the Southern States is to i
stand up in defense for the truth i
and let the Mormons alone for they :
are wolves in sheep's clothing.
They preach up new prophets when <
they were to be none. Jesus Christ <
says: "I am Alpha and Omega, the 1
first and the last, and ho that adds
to the prophecy of this book, the i
plagues that aro written in this book i
shall he added unto him." <
Very Respectfully, <
Joseph Gotck, i
'Be True to \
ON WAY. S. C.,
JUGOLING WITH TIIK JUI>- (
O ICS. 1
(-oiiHh to be ruined into >
Political Machines. *
News and Courier.
Columbia, March 8.?Special; A
rery interesting political rumor came
jut yesterday in reference to the
Judgeship in the 6th judicial disriot.
It is stated as a rumor, but
ivhat is given in connection with it '
ire facts. It is well known that all
)f the Judges who are not on the
"right side" are slated for decapitaion
and in keeping with this scheme, ,
?nd expecting it to be carried out, c
jandidates are already begining to j
ippear. In Judge Witkerspoon's j
district ho will have as opponent,
Assistant Attorney General Bucha- J
nafi, and it is thought that Senator (
I). K. Fin ley, of Vork, will enter ^
the contest. Heretofore Senator J;
Fin ley has expressed himself as being
in favor of Judge Withersnoon's
alection, but according to a well in- I
formed source the Senator will ^be a ^
candidate himself.
Assistant Attorney General Bucli- t
man is undoubtedly a young man
well versed in the law, and is said
that his chance are good, conceding
the fact, as .'rumored, that Judge
Witherspoon will havo 110 chance
jf election before the Legislature.
Mr* Buchanan was a candidate for
the solicitorship in the same circuit
last fall, but his faction was di- i
rided and he failed of election. Since 1
that time he has been the assistant 1
Attorney General, and has done a r
largo part of the work of that ofliee (
n connection with ms enter, ur.u
?uve material assistance in making
up the briefs for the United States
Supreme Court. IIo is a nephew by
marringo of Governor Tillman.
Senator Finley is lawyer of great
reputation in York County and is
considered to be a ' oung man of
largo learning and excellent character.
If it should bo decided by the
powers that bo that Judge Witliorspoon
should not bo elected again
the contest'will be between these
two young men. There is a lot of
piiet work being done for each, but
30 far as has been positively asserbained
Mr Buchanan has a majority
cf the Bar of the circuit 011 his side.
It must not be supposed that Judge
Witherspoon will bo shelved without
1 fight, for he lias many friends in
the Legislature, but the above facts
ire given as being the situation so
far as it appears to lie settled among
politicians in Columbia.
In the same connection it may bo
stated that Attorney General Townsend
is a candidate for Judge Wallace's
position, and those who are 011
the "inside" state that his election is
sure. Assistant Attorney General
Buchanan would naturally succeed
him, but, being a candidate forjudge
ho would not accept the place, and
that would leave an interesting fight
for the Attorney Generalship.
It was learned from a pretty good
source that Congressman McLaurin
would be a candidate for the Associate
.Iusticeship in place of .Judge
McGowuu. It has been an open
political secret that Speaker Jones
had been booked for this place and
had hia titles clear, but the advent I
of "Courly-headed Johnnie" in the S
arena adds additional interest to the
light. The Congressman's friends t
in Columbia admit that his chances g
for re election to Congress are slim i
indeed, for he has been openly ao- i
cased of having usei sharp methods j
to obtain the nomination against the f
Hon. \V. 1). Evans. In consequence i
of this the Hon. J* T. McLaurin's g
jcalp seems fated to bang on the belt t
>f a rival, either Mr. W. I). Eransor j
Mr. Norton, chief clerk of theConip- >
[roller Genoral's office. Thcso ru >
mors have not been openly talked
ibout, all of which may bo the re- |
suit of the dickering for office in ,
Washington. As Cleveland hasn't f
ipoken vet, when he does some of \
these slates may he shattered to
imithereens. Time only will tell. i
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Artificial Limb Fund. c
(The Ptato.) 1
Chief Clerk Norton of the Comp. ^
(roller Generals ofliee, does not con- ^
lider the $5,000 appropriated by
the last Legislature near enough to
meet the demands for artificial limbs
He thinks it will take $20,000 to *
carry on what was done by the General
Assemblies of 1879-81.
Yesterday the following circular j
to the clerks of court of the different (
counties to he distributed among the (
veterons who are applying for their
share of the Artificial Limb Fund;
was issued: '
Dkah Sir; There will be sent to
you from the office of the Comptrollar
General blank warrant receipts,
including blank affidavit for the sig- 1
nature and affirmation of your f'on- J
federate soldiers of your company 1
who may have lost a leg or an arm
nr an eye, or have been perniantly 4
disabled in leg or arm or eyes during t
the military service of the years 1801 1
-1864, and after being signed return )
to this office. Under tho act appli- '
cants are limited to those who re ?
ceived a part of the appropriations f
nf 1879-81. There are, 1,175 appli 4
cations enrolled under this act, 450 <
rour Word, Your Work, and
THURSDAY ]
>f whom lost un arm or a leg and
125 for disabilities, and there was
)nid to these applicants upwards of
ji22,000, not including some special
appropriations. To tlo the same
vork the last Legislature appropria
,ed $5, 095.00.
The bonus upon which uppropri
itions for 1879 and 1881 wore paid
>vas: Lor the loss of a leg above the
cnce, 100; below the knee, $75; an
trm above the elbow, $00; below the
>lbow, $40; and for disabilities, aejording
to the disability.
\Vo present theBO figure?, which
ire approximately c rrect, that the
ipplieauts through you may under
itand the dilliculties confronting the
>oard in disbursing this fund. It is
toped that the more able will not. j
>ress their claims to the exclusion of
he tnore needy. The law does not
liscriminate but it is the desire of
.lie board that the most needy or the
ibsolutely needy he first supplied,
iossibly those who already receive
>ensions, and then all as the Legislature
may provide. Please, therefore,
aid the board by having the
dunks filled in and signed and reurn
at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully,
13. It. Tillman,
Governor and Chairman of Hoard.
A Silver Nugget.
(From the C'ongresslnnal Record.)
Senator Sherman: "I have heard
nuch on this fl ior of denunciation of
jankers and plutocrats and gold
>ngs, the cheap varnish of demugo(ism.
Mr. President, there are no
greater gold bugs in this country
han the corporations engaged in
nining silver. I have here a papei
vhicli contains something wh'ch
vill not be news to my friend from
Nevada (Mr. Stewart.) It is the
Virginia Chronicle, published in
Virginia City, Nev. This paper is
lated Tuesday, February 7, 1893;
,lr?t is after the last speech of my
lonorable friend from Nevada upon
his question. 1 lind in this paper
doven of twelve advertisements by
diver mining companies, one of
vhich T will road:
ut15est and Belcher Mining (!omiany
?Location of principal place
>f inisinoss, San Francisco, (Jul?Lo
;ation of works, Virginia City,
Storey County, Nov. Notice is herejy
given that at a meeting of the
>oard of directors, held on Monday,
lie 16th day of January, 18011, an
issesament (No 53),of 25 cents per
share v as levied upon the capital
stock of the corporation, payable imnediately
in United States gold coin
;o the secretary at the office of the
company room No 33, Nevada block,
No 309 Montgomery street, San
Fraecisco, Cal. Any stock upon
vhicli this assessment shall remain
inpaid on Tuesday, the 21st day of
February, 1898, will bo delinquent
md advertised for sale at public auc
ion, and unless payment is made
jefore will be sold on Tuesday, the
14th day of March, 1803, to pay the
lelinquent assessment together with
:osts of advertising and expenses of
lale. By order of the board of direcors.
4UL. Osborn, Secretary.'
"'Office?Room No. 33, Nevada
dock, No 300 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, Cal.'
"Thereare in this paper eleven or
,welve more advertisements in the
lame terms of the verv nomnanies
?J 1
whose silver we are bound to buy,
who refuse not only to take silver
?rotn their own stockholders, but re
use to take greenbacks, treasury
lotos or silver certificates. Here are
leveral of tliern (exhibiting) in which
lie sale of stock is advertised for
ion-pay men t of assessments. A
whole page of this paper is covered
vith them.
"Mr. President, when the Senator
rom Nevada denounces everybody
who does not agree with him in his
iuancial opinions I hope he will
nclude the miners of silver of the
State or Nevada. 1 hope he wiil
lot put all of us who believe in
lound money for the people of this
:ountry, money as good as gold nil
he time, in the line of aristocrats,
jold bugs and that class of people
vhom he has denounced so often. I
enow no place in atiy city, town or
state east of the Mississippi where
my man would dare put such a buiuess
advertisement in a paper in
he town in which ho lives. It
vould ruin his business. We take
md keep all kinds of money issued
>y the United {States at par with
tach other. Let him go home and
sorrect what occurs in Nevada,
vhose .silver we must buy and who
idvcrtise in effect that silver is not
nonoy."
Kx-Governor Taylor, of Tennessee,
las a new joke. It runs like this:
?at was about to die. The priest
lad been called and had administer,
id the last services. Thei. ho said:
lPat is there anything else you dciire?"
"Yes," said Pat, "I want to
>e buried in a Third Party graveyard."
' Why, Pat," said the priest,
'Why is that?" "Well, your revermce,"
says Pat, "ft third Party
graveyard is the last place the last
slace the devil would look for a Dim*
)crat."
Your Count ry.n
si Alien l<>. IS9
CAKOMNA AT Till? CAPITAL.
ftrl>y mid Tillilinii Again Cull on
CIcvoIiiikI.
The State,
Washington, I). C., March S.?
Special.?South Carolina afFnira here
continuo to bo interesting- The roa |i
son for Coventor Tillman's remain-|
ing over it* now perfectly clear. Ho j
was not satisfied with the formal
visit paid to President Cleveland a
few days ago; so today, about 1^:110 | i
o'clock, he and Senator Irby put on 1
their best and drove out to the White J
House. They remained some time,
having a private interview with the
new I'resident, who was not so long 1
tune ago " the tool of Wall Street" '
Tho conference was evidently about j
tho State patronage, and these two
loaders undoubtedly gave Mr. Clove- ,
land to understand that they had I
claims upon him, on one theory or j
another. Put what transpired re- '
mains ft secret between the three. 1
lioth Tillman and Irby endeavored (
to keep their visit quiet, and when i
asked about it they said they had |
agreed to say nothing to any one. *
They seemed to bo in excellent
humor when they returned and Gov- (
ornor Till mill remarked that some i
of tlioso who wore sniilling about '
them eating crow would grin before '
tlie end came
f
1 hear that Senator Irby was alms- g
ing the President today before this c
\isit. Prom a remark dropped by i
Governor Tillman tonight, that ho t
could not sign a petition for any- 1
one till he knew how Cleveland i
would act in recognizing his side, I t
judge the conference was unsatisfac- e
tory. <
l Senator Irby says he is not going c
to talk any more about politics.
This morning, about 10:30 o'clock, 1
Senator Cutler and Congressman t
I H raw ley visited President Cleveland, c
and managed to secure an unintor- j
rupted private interview of some dor i
ntion. When they left they wont to t
the various apfiointive departments ?
and had similar conferences with v
the heads thereof, evidently bearing
! directions from the T resident for (
them to hold off. I
There is a singular condition of I
tilings up here. Perry and Cal. ?
Caughman have gone over to Hut- t
j tier's side and the Tillman men are t
very bitter against them. t
Senator Irby is threatened with a <
ease of pneumonia, and he and the \
Governor remained quietly in their I
rooms this afternoon. The Governor ,
expresses himself as delighted with
his success in tho railroad case and n
the bond matter* The Governor loft \
for Columbia at 10:43 to nitrbt liv i
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the Richmond ami Danville vesti- /
hole. Supt. MoBee's private car I
left last night, "Hunch" aboard; so f
there is no more bamboozling ahead x
for the Governor.
When the facts about the high
compliment paid Gen. Hampton by
the Senators became known today,
the old warrior statesman was warm ,
ly congratulated by his scores of
friends. About 1 o'clock ex Con- 1
gressinan Dibble came around and n
took the general on a ride of several !'
hours. Gen. Hampton seems to appreciate
the compliment very much, j?
Mr. Dibble says it is one of the most
llattering compliments ever paid to a
an ex-Senator. Irby says he was s
asked to sign the request. .
The rush for the oflices continues. .
J. F. J. Caldwell, of Newberry, is
here, with strong endorsements for ,
the Italian mission, the salary of
which is $12,001) a year. There are r
three or four other applicants from
other States. Mr. Caldwell has lived *
in Home speaks the Italian language, (.
and is very familiar with Italian ftf
fairs. He was in Italy at the time |
of the Garibaldi movement.
Judge Bacon is applying for his
old mission -Paraguay and Truguay. N
It has been many years since South ]
Carolina has had a chance at the
European missions. The only di ?
plomatic appointments she has held
in recent years were those of Judge
Bacon to South America and Gen.
Kennedy to China. She will claim
three this time. J. C. Hemphill is
the third man referred to. Ho is officially
announced as an applicant
for the mission to the Court of St.
James.
The special committee of the
Democratic caucus appointed to
make up the Senate committees is expected
to report tomorrow. There
l.? .a e i..i... ?4.: ?
oi;v;iiio in uc iiu UIIUIIUC u1 III>y
ft chairmanship.
Col. J. J. McLuro of Cheater, Dr. *
A. I'. Jordan and Gen. John Bratton
arrived here today. The latter holds |
a good place in tho rnco for revenue ,
collector. .
Dr. Landrum of Spartanburg has
also arrived to look ufter a place ir. '
the medical department of the government
Dr. Pope is going to remain here j
with Irby. llo has not yet filed his i
application for marshal. He would i
not ask a single Conservative to sign
it.
Cal. ('iiughman is still hero, get
ting his voioo in training for the lea
for reading clerk of the Senate.
I ..I -.. ! . .'I! il* r i t ? "
I ruy IS silli pulling K/r r. alio toi
district attorney. lie rood veil nil o
Marie's papers last night and wil
present them in person.
Irby, when asked tonight if tlu
statement that he was going to resist:
the State chairmanship were truo ot
not, said; ''Personally, I might In
very much inclined to do so, bul
there are political reasons which
have made me decide that I would
not. The main one of these reason*
is that our people will not let tin
give it, up. I have plenty of precedent
in this course. Murphy or Now
York hold* both positions; Carey ol
Wyoming does likewise, and liar
hour of Virginia held both till hi*
loath." K J, Wi
- ?Nomc
>( ? tVuv IIKlor).
The Now York '/'inns publishes
i I otter from Robert Alexander
Dhisoltn, late lieutenant colonel and
lidde-catnp to Gen. Beauregard, in
which the following interesting story
is told;
"To illustrate his (Beauregard's)
jharacter, I give you the following
ncide which occurred under my
personal knowledge, as I wrote out
die notes for the interviews and butdc
orders before tlioy occurred:
"When he arrived at Howling
Jreon fiom Virginia he urged Gen.
\lbert Sidney Johnson to give up
Howling Circe u, Ky., and concent rate
tgainst Cien. Grant. This was not
lone and the Concentrate disaster
it Fort Donolson followed. At his
uiggostiou Johnston's retreat was
slianged from Chuttnnooga to Cor11
th, M iss. W hon Johnson arrived
liore ho was so much depressed that
10 declared his wish to turn over the
mmediato command of the troops
O (ion. Beauregard and retire liimlelf
to Jackson, Miss., or to soma
ither central point in his military
lepart mont.
"Beauregard declined the proposed
lonor, saying: 4lt is true, general
,hnt in a measure you liavo lost the
:onlidonce of the army and the peode.
Remain with the army and
tame mo second in command. I will
to all I can to assist you* With one
inceesr you will regain the conlilence
of the army and of the people.'
44 This was done, and although
len. Johnston's name was attached
,o the order of haltle and the address
Jie troops previous to the battle of
3hiloh, the notes for the order were
vritten by me at (Inn Beauregard's
lictation and issued hy his udius
ant general. Gcu. Thomas Jorlan,
now living in this city, who
vrote the address to the army, to
jotli of which was attached (Jen.
lohnston's name.
"The concentration at Gorinth
ind the plan of the battle of Sln'oli
vere of Gen. Beauregard's concepion,
yet all done in the name of Gen.
\lbert Sidney Johnson, who, had
ie lived, would have teen himself
ully restored to that confidence
vhich he felt he had lost."
A Noble-Boy.
Well! I saw a little hoy do somehing
the other dav that made in?*
w /
eel good for a week. Indeed it
nukes my heart (ill with tenderness
nd good fooling even now as I write
.bout it. Hut let mo toll vou what
t was. As I was going down the
trect I saw an old man who seemed
o he blind walking along wihtout
ny one to load him. He went very
lowly, fooling with his cane.
"ife's walking straight to the
ugliest |?urt of the curbstone," said
to mysolf. "And it's very high,
oo; I wonder if some one won't tell,
lint, and start him in the right dieetion?"
Just then a boy, about fourteen
ears old, who was playing near the
lorner, l?fi his playmates, ran up to
he old man put his hand through
he man's arm, and said, Lot mo
ead you across the street.' Hv this
ime there were three or four others
witching the boy. He no' only hoi
ted him over one crossing, but led
lim over another to the lower side
?f the street. Then he ran back to
lis play.
Now this hoy thought ho had only
lono the man a kindness, whilo 1
mow that he had made three other
teraons feel happy, and better, and
nore careful to do litttlu kindness
0 those about them. The three or
our persons who ha I stopped to
vatch the boy turned away with a
ender smile on their faces, ready to
ollow the noble example he had set
1 ? " '
iiem. i kiiow tn it l Iolt more gen
le and forgiving toward every one
nany days afterward.
Another one that was made happy
van the boy himself; for it is impos.
dbio for us to do a kind act, or to
nake any one else happy, wihout
)3ing better or happier ourselves.
I'o be g^>od, and to do good, is to be
iappy.? Vout/ia '/<myiinrt /idit
ict\
By using Hall's Hair Kenewer,
Stray, faded or disoolored hair assumes
the natural color of youth,
and grows luxuriant and strong,
pleasing everybody.
NO. IfT.
su 1 nto th 1: si:a.
. The r.nglisli Town of Sandstone
Wporked.
From The State.
C London t March 5. ? La to last
I night the people of Sandgate, county
of Kent, wore aroused by the rock
, ir.g ?.f houses and loud rumblings
j under ground. Walls were split,
. ooillings fell, foundations sunk and
) roofs tell. As tho inhabitants fled
, to the strees, they found largo rents
! in the ground, and were almost overI
come by noxious vapors.
Mverybody supposed that the town
, was being shaken by tin earthquake
I n lid iiu Oik iMi.nlvt : i\rr rt/\n I 1 iiiidil 1.K1 tie
HUM i? ' v' v iikui r
. Hod in panic to the nearest towns.
Few remained behind toromove their
furniture from tho falling Iioiiss.s.
, The reports curried abroad by tho
fugitives caused the troops in nti
adjacent camp to hasten to the aid of
the people still in SandgntO. Soldiers
and citizens worked for two
| hours in moving most the valuable
( property from the houses, and in
1 erecting ten's in fields about a mile
outside the town for tho women and
children.
At the end of that time the rumbling
had ceased, and investigation
was made in the town by tho commander
of tlto troops. They found
' that the grounds on which Sandgato
stands had sunk several feet, and
that less subsidence had extended
through the surrounding district,
affecting, in all, about a square mile.
The gas mines bad been broken and
the connection of the water pipes
disturbed so that supplies of gas and
water had been stopped. Many
cottages been wrecked completely,
and better built houses cracked and
thrown out of plumb so that they
could not be occupied with safety.
Nevertheless, many of the inhabitants
returned to town toward mor
nuig. iimwcon > ana o o clock,
however, they woro frigotoned away
l>y a farther subsidence of the
ground ami a recurrence of the rumhlings.
Those phenomena have
l>eon repeated several times during
the day,and the town is now prac*
tically deserted. As far as known,
no lives have been lost.
The disaster was caus al by a laudslip*
Tho town is built upon a
Comparatively low cliff, c'oso to tho
sea. The waves arc believed to have
undermined the cliff, which then
settle 1 and slipped toward the water,
carrying with it the town.
Two hundred horses wore destroyed
*
Lincoln's Tart.
|t is well known that Mr. Cleveland
has been for a year or two a
student in his own manner of the
career of L'ncoln, and lie is found of
hearing anything which illustrates
Lincoln's method, says a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press.
Therefore it was with keen pleasure
that the following anecdote, which 1
believe is entirely new, was listened
to by liiin. lie has been discussing
tho olllces and the clamor of office
seekers, when a gentleman said
to him:
"Mr. Cleveland, I will tell you a
story about Mr. Lincoln and an oflieo
seeker which may contain a hint,
in 181KJ, after tho fall of Yicksburg,
a man came to Mr. Lincoln seeking
an office, lie had known Mr. Lincoln
very well in the early '50's, but
but had drifted South. He claimed
to have been always a Wh'g and a
Union man, although compelled to
iiide his sentiment until Vicksburg
fell. Ho wanted an office and a good
one, and he was very importunate.
' At last Mr. Lincoln si'id to him:
John, when I was a young man,
t . il 1 * 111 1 .4 ?1
auout me lime i ursi wont to springfield
to live, 1 was invited to a dance,
and I was very proud of the invitation.
1 remember that J bought a
new hat. and a very good one, for
it costs me more than any other hat
I had ever bought, and 1 was very
proud to wear it to the dance. Well,
I enjoyed myself so much at this hop
that I stayed very late, about the
last one to leave, if 1 remember, and
as 1 was ready to go 1 said to the colored
man who had charge of the
coats and hats; "Now, John, I wish
you would bring me my hut."' "lie
brought mo a hat that had been worn
| for a long time ana was very rusty
and shabby, and I said to him; " This
! isn't my hat; 1 wore a new one," and
| then he replied: "Mr, Lincoln, the
new ones were all gone two hours
ago.'"
"The oflbe seeker did not catch
the hint for a moment or two, but
when he did lie burst nut laughing
anil sum tnat no had torgotten tnat it
was two years since Mr. Lincoln had
any oflices to give, and then lie went
away and Mr. Lincoln never saw him
again."
Mr. Cleveland laughed heartily at
at this story and seemed to l?c great ly
impressed with the fact shown hy
Mr. Lincoln in thus seeking with a
persistent oflice-seeker.
j Alt the elements which nature ro
quires, to mako tin nair Deauunit
anil abundant, are supplied in Ayer's
, Ilair Vigor. This preparation keeps
the scalp free from dandruff, pre ,
vents tho Imir from becoming dry
, and harsh, and makes it llexiblc and
glossy.